A couple of years ago, Kelly/Long brought in Ian Book as part of a goal line package. Why don't we do that with Jurko? He's a big, strong, fast kid. Getting him in a package that adds an additional runner makes sense to me, but maybe that's why I'm not coaching major college football.
the less room to operate and thus options must be processed as quickly as possible. Book, I hope, processes things at a much higher speed and therefore pulls the trigger in a more timely fashion. If not.....then your Jurko is definitely a better option....which is not likely.
So we are doing something right. If it's not broke,...
rate in the red zone, so hardly elite territory.
How about the fact that ND is near the bottom in the country in 3rd down conversion? Or the fact that ND consistently struggles to get a yard against the New Mexico's and Ball States of the world?
It is and has been a problem since BK took over.
Nice try though with the weak stats to try and prove that all is well with ND's short yardage game.
and nothing has been done about it. Our first and goal on the 2 against Georgia shown was pathetic to watch and resulted in a TD caught by Kmet on fourth down which was a pass thrown to Tony Jones. We have not been able to line up on short yardage situations and consistently make first downs since Kelly took over 10 years ago.
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Overall short yardage performance isn't the same. And we have 6 rushing TDs in the red zone vs. 3 passing TDs (with 2 FGs). You can argue that ND is underperforming in 3rd down short yardage plays (and I would agree), but you can't criticize red zone or goal line performance.
UTEP, Tulane and UConn.....
And Red Zone is considered short yardage due to the field being shortened.
Anything else you need to know about football, just let me know.
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BK has had years and still seemingly fails to see a problem with the short yardage running game in his scheme. It is the teams biggest weakness. As Gerry Glanville used to say "If you can't run (when you have to) you can't win"
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100% on the red zone offense is great, no question, but the sample size is small. Lumping red zone with 3rd of 4th and short gives a larger sample size and isn't as good. Having said that, I think everyone recognizes that we've had issues with short yardage/goal line o for some time. The spread is a viable offense that has some inherent weaknesses in these situations. I've long thought we should work under center more in these situations. The plain old QB sneak is always an option without having to make up the ground from the shotgun snap. It also forces the other team to commit to stopping it which opens up more options like RB dives, true power formations, play action to the TE, getting one on ones with the WR's and the running a tight version of the RPO. Option 1, give to the RB on a dive up the middle. If they commit to stop that, pull it out. If they come after the QB, then the TE or WR should have a lot of space to work to pass. If they don't close down on the QB, he takes it outside. Jurkovec would be a good option for that package. He's a little bigger and faster than Book which would help on the QB keeper versions. He's taller which helps if we end up passing in a clogged area. The only real question would be his short area passing and read recognition. No idea where he stands with that as we haven't seen a lot in game situations since the spring. He looked bad on the short stuff then, but I recall hearing he's improved since then. Not that Book is a bad option. He's a decent runner himself and is generally accurate on the short stuff and has more experience in general and specifically on reads.